The Philippines has had 6 constitutions

The 5 constitutions started with the country's independence in 1898:

The 1899 Malolos Constitution (1899-1901)

The 1935 Constitution (1935-1943, 1945-1973)

The 1943 Constitution (1943-1945)

The 1973 Constitution (1973-1986)

The 1987 Constitution (1987-present)

The 1973 Constitution, according to former Aquino spokesman Teodoro Locsin Jr, was never ratified as
the process conducted by then president Ferdinand Marcos Jr met strong opposition.

The Aquino government had 3 options with regard to the law of the land:

To revert to the 1935 Constitution. But because Marcos abolished the bicameral legislature they had to
resort to general elections.

To retain the 1973 Constitution and be granted the power to make reforms. This was shot down by
Aquino as "she did not want to derive legitimacy and power from the very institutions that she fought."

To start anew and break from the "vestiges of a disgraced dictatorship."

The 1986 Constitutional Commission drafted the Philippine Constitution we now know

President Corazon Aquino in April 1986 created – through Proclamation No. 9 – the 1986 Constitutional
Commission (ConCom), which was responsible for drafting a replacement for the 1973 Constitution.

The new constitution, she said, should be “truly reflective of the aspirations and ideals of the Filipino
people.”

The 1986 ConCom was composed of 48 individuals who represented all sectors in the country, including,
among others, Bishop Teodoro Bacani, former Supreme Court chief justice Roberto Concepcion, former
labor minister (and eventually senator and foreign affairs secretary) Blas Ople, Ateneo De Manila
University president Father Joaquin Bernas SJ, and University of the Philippines Student Council
Chairperson (now Commission on Human Rights chair) Chito Gascon.

he proceedings in relation to the drafting of the 1987 Philippine Constitution – just like other important
legal documents in the country – were in no doubt not without conflict.

According to accounts, members of the ConCom engaged in heated debates during the various sessions
on many issues, including the d